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The monumental performance of Mithali Raj in the women's cricket test match against England remained unsung in the media. Mithali's tenacity, technique and stamina, got her a double century and made her the world record holder (for highest individual score in women's test cricket). You might feel that to have been a stupendous performance for a woman; acclaims and rewards should have followed. But the fact of the matter is that the near-world-champion-like achievement of the women's hockey team in winning the Commonwealth tournament also went unnoticed!

If The Economic Times Awards for Corporate Excellence had a category to recognise an entrepreneur who has lent his voice and vigour to aggressively market India Inc abroad, who incandescently sells two-wheeled dreams, and who effortlessly enlivens tedious meetings with joke upon joke, the choice would be unanimous ? Hamara Bajaj. But, when it came to the Lifetime Award, it was a tough choice. Rahul Bajaj, the winner, was pitted against the likes of Hero Group's Brijmohan Lal Munjal, N Vaghul of ICICI, Keshub Mahindra and Nirma patriarch Karsanbhai Patel.

Yes, its achievements are unprecedented. Amongst many outstanding achievements, the two signal attributes that continue to make the people repose faith in the Left Front in West Bengal are its successes in land reforms and grass root democracy. During this quarter century, 10.69 lakh acres of land has been distributed amongst 26.43 lakh landless peasants, 56 per cent being SC/STs. Even if a nominal value of Rs 1 lakh per acre is assumed, there has been a net transfer of assets worth nearly Rs 11,000 crore.

Food prices under control Sometimes major achievements are not recognised or appreciated. At a time when world food prices are going through the roof, Indian prices have risen astonishingly little. Some food items are actually cheaper than a year ago. The world price of wheat has more than doubled from $5/bushel a year ago to $11/bushel. The world prices of maize and soyabeans have skyrocketed too. Yet we find no echo of this in Indian prices. The latest Wholesale Price Index data show food articles as a whole are up just 3% from a year ago. Pulses are substantially cheaper (their index is down from 262 to 232)

Thousands of kilometres of tarmac have been laid out since the Jamsahib (Maharaja of Jamnagar) sent his wife's pair of pink slippers to Rolls-Royce so that the carmaker could exactly match the colour of his new Phantom II. Sixty-years since democracy spelt the doom for such royal demeanour, Jamnagar, a small town on India's western coast in Gujarat, has come to be known much more for a refinery that one man without the legacy of a...

As India's corporate sharks continue to climb notches above the Global power list of Rich and Influential, the real engines of success have been the SMEs and MSMEs, who in their individual capacities effected giant strides to an industrially efficient India. Many global businesses wanted to eye an Indian dream, but the chief factor weighing the decision in the country's favour was the presence of small ancillary service providers and job work undertaking factories and workshops that are capable of delivering world class products and industrial solutions at cost effective inputs.

N S Malik, National Convenor, Defence Affairs, BJP Pakistan had been perpetrating terrorist activities in India and had intensified it, the final straw being the attack on J&K Assembly in October and at the Parliament House in December 2001. The nation demanded strong action. Indian armed forces were deployed to take necessary action in order to safeguard national security. Somehow, the general impression in the country and abroad was that India is spoiling for a war with Pakistan and the doomsday scenarios depicted a holocaust that would destroy both the countries.

NEW DELHI: Power equipment major Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd (BHEL) has said its electricity generating sets produced a record 402.6 billion units during 2005-06, up five per cent over the previous year. Its thermal sets achieved a high plant load factor (PLF) of 75 per cent during the year against the national average of 1.5 per cent. As many as 39 BHEL thermal sets achieved a PLF of over 90 per cent, BHEL said in a statement. The company, which enjoys a 65 per cent market share in the country's total installed capacity of 1,18,561 MW, added 13 utility and 15 captive/industrial sets of 2365 MW in the country.

In a chat with ET Now, Sudip Bandyopadhyay , Managing Director & CEO, Convexity Solutions , talk about the Indian economic outlook. Where do you think India is headed in terms of the FII inflow or hot money situation? Fundamentally, India is doing well. God willing if the monsoon is good and the distribution of monsoon is also correct. As far as the Indian economy is concerned, we should not be looking back as far as economic growth is concerned, 9% or maybe a double digit GDP growth is very achievable and if that happens, Indian companies, economy should be doing very well.

NEW DELHI: Mineral Exploration Corporation Ltd (MECL), a public sector unit under the Ministry of Mines, has over achieved the targets for the month of July, 2005, at both fronts - drilling and developmental mining. The Corporation, in July, carried out 12,755 m of drilling and 474 m of developmental mining against monthly targets of 12,670 m and 460 m respectively, an official release said on Monday. MECL during the period April-July, 2005, carried out 58,566 m of drilling and 2,568 m of developmental mining against the targets of 52,670 and 1,920 m respectively, it said.